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Love Finds You in Victory Heights, Washington

par Tricia Goyer, Ocieanna Fleiss

Séries: Love Finds You (Washington - 25)

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After losing her fiance in the war, Rosalie throws herself into her riveting work at the local Boeing plant. When a handsome reporter dubs her "Seattle's Own Rosie the Riveter," she finds herself a reluctant national hero. Fear of a second heartbreak is a powerful opponent...but will it claim victory over love?

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Victory Heights is a historical fiction romance set during World War II among civilians working in Seattle, Washington.

This novel touches on several thought-provoking themes such women's labor, discrimination, and betrayal but, unfortunately, none are fully developed, leaving this reader somewhat dissatisfied. I hope the author will offer a future novel exploring any one of these themes through the main character of Rosalie and her circle of friends.

Non-Christian readers may be uncomfortable with novel's religious themes. Believers may find the religious dialogue heavy-handed compared to other titles in the Christian fiction genre. ( )
  infogal | Feb 8, 2014 |
I love, love, love to read historical fiction and WWII is one of my favorite periods but except for one that I don't want to give away, I was already familiar with them. Maybe I have read too many Rosy the Riveter type books. But I don’t have an argument with that.

What I didn’t like is that this book had a superficial handling of several different controversial issues. Different topics that would have been fascinating were brought up and dropped. Also I didn’t really feel comfortable with the main character. She was seemed so wrapped up in herself that she came off sort of mean several times. There was too much emphasis on her religious turmoil’s for me. Other people might like that but for me, it is distracting from the story. The story flowed smoothly until there was a religious problem which popped into the story like a commercial.

What I did like was the great sense of humor, I laughed aloud several times while reading. I also loved her friends like Birdie who seemed to have so much more common sense and wisdom than Rosalie the main character. This book was very readable; I just wasn’t the right audience for it. ( )
  Carolee888 | Jul 15, 2013 |
I downloaded this book when it was offered for free; I didn't know at the time that it was Christian fiction. And, since there is little mention of religion in the first several chapters, I found myself drawn into the story before religion was sledgehammered into the reader's forehead. The book is mostly well-written, with a few overly dramatic events/scenes that are typical in this kind of fiction, but the repeated overt mentions of religion had me skimming the book to the end. ( )
  schatzi | Jan 13, 2013 |
I always wonder when I begin a "Love Finds You..." book whether Or not I will like it or even be able to finish it. I have been disappointed in a few of them. This book was a delight! I fell in love with the characters and the town in which they lived.

The story is set in Washington State. It is World War II and the women are working at the Boeing plant, making B-17's for the war. Rosalie is Seattle's own Rosie the Riveter. Kenny, a young reporter, meets Rosalie at a war rally and from there it is a roller coaster ride as Rosalie shows him interest one minute and tells him off the next.

This is a book that I couldn't put down. A very enjoyable read! ( )
  wearylibrarian | Feb 5, 2012 |
Free from Kindle. Spoilers. This was OK. Not very developed. Things went along. The heroine didn't really love her fiance, let him go to war without marrying him, and felt horribly guilty when he died. The hero promised his father not to go to war and wants to make a difference with his newspaper writing. They meet, go along, people go along, there is stupid stuff about her not trusting reporters because of her no-good father; and of him trying to get real stories reported on & being assigned to the society page. Plus she is a heroic riveter, and rivets better than anybody -- she breaks a long-standing speed record on her first try. And so, they go, and she finds God and lays her burdens down, and his father tells him it is pride to want to do more than what God gives him to do, and they live happily ever after. There was a smidgen of politics about the internments & the mistreatment of the Japanese; and there is an odd element, I think the older woman who provides wisdom and a road to faith and a home for all is an African American woman, although the book said it once & then forgot about it. Oh and one weird thing, the character who seemed to be purposely destroying other people's lives & turns out to just be an ignorant innocent. That was wierd.
  franoscar | Nov 14, 2011 |
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To my grandma, Dolores Coulter, whose loving guidance pointed me to Jesus. Tricia Goyer
To the Rosie the Riveters of World Ward II, who left the comfort of their homes to brave strenuous and unfamiliar jobs in the national pursuit of victory. Your strong arms played a mighty role in preserving the freedom we now enjoy. Ocieanna Fleiss
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